Clothes-drier.



S. WILLIAMSON.

CLOTHES DRIRE.

APPLICATION FILED Nov.18.1s12.

f Br 6' @Mm Wma Y Arron/vir UNITED* jililgfgO-li z Applicationfneanovember legisla?v seria1-Nggv32zo 7 4'smvrsoiv'lwrnninlusoiv,,or SEATTLE, WAsrrINGroNL ,a

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.lf ments in clothes driers which, together wi'thr` 2 .20

`descrlbe with reference tothe accompanying "drawings, 1n whlcha l Figurel is a front elevation of a clothes- -drier embodying my improvements and with '5 k.tional view with the arms extended. Fig.

" .'f The invention kconsists certain improvetheir several advantages, I shall hereinafter the arms'folded. Fig. 2 is a vertical sec- 3 is a plan view of the drier with the arms in the positions in which they are illusf Vtrated in Fig. 2. Fig. t is a plan view of tached.`

the spider member of the drier, shown de- Referring to the drawings, the numeral 5 represents a board or an equivalent',which is rigidly secured to the wallor vother suitable support, as by means of screws 6. Adjacent to the upper and lower ends ofv said board are attachments 7 and; 8 which serve `with the board as sockets for an upright l i pole 9. Said board and sockets constitute clothes are'hung. flh'e distance between the `uppersurface Aof said` rimk and the under surface of the web is equal, approximately, to the thickness of the arms at their inner The ,reference numeral 17 represents a spider provided `with a-.sleeve 18 which is adapted to be freely moved up orfdown upon the pole 9 and when the pole'is mount- 'CLOTHES-Dama) ifratenteilspt; sgi-i914.

arcuate element 218i and protruding from `in Fig. 4.,

:for'gtlie reception of a wire20 aperture spider flugs;betweeny which the arms are located #1n`gffthe'pole2a-t3 selec'tedfh'ei'gihtsl by rinserting 'the-pin into the proper hole and immediately above one of the yattachments 7 orv 8 y and whereby the pinis supported.

'formed' with a` loop 24 at its lowerend' to afford a handle for actuating the same. 7

*Thel operation of the invention is as follows: When the device is unemployed, the various parts occupy the positions vin which they are shown in Fig. 1. By withdrawing head 10 is correspondingly l'moved while downward movement of the vspider is pretachment 7.' The head being'thus lowered into proximity of the spider causes the arms to be swung outwardly until they'areex- Atended into nearly horizontal positions, as represented by full lines in Fig'.,2, and then being supported upon the head-rim 12. The clothes are then hung upon the arms 16, `.whereupon the pole is pushed upwardly to elevate the various parts connected therelines inl Fig. 2 and are thus held by in the pole and above 7 one attachment 7 or 8.V The arms 16 are held in a horizontal of the clothes hanging thereomsaid arms at to be forced upwardly to engage the head 10.

When ythe clothes are dried, they'areremoved from the arms after the pole has been again lowered. To fold the'arms, the

is threaded lthere'rthrough ,and likewisev through 'holes" provided; acentl to the` inl. `nerendfs ofthearms to servey'as pivotal conp p p ,i a f. nection'forthe same 'withrespect tothe Therobjectofthe invention'is the perfecting lof devices of ,thisy character'tojre'nder' the same less expensive"` 'construction,.

* The pole 9 is" provided lspaced holes, l lwhich will vbe convenient to'manipulate and:

asf21*"A 211,'and 212 for' the reception of a ref movable pin 22 which is 'utilized for retain- 4"23 represents a pull rod connectedfat its upper-end to the spider-and is desirablyv the pin 22 and pulling down thepole 9 thev vented through the obstruction of the at-A l with into the positions indicated by broken inserting the pin 22 into one of they holes positionby their own weight and the weightl theirinner ends as at 2O, having a tendency pull-rod 23` is grasped lin one handand -rmly held While thepole 9 ispushed upf fsuppqt"5', ftte s pid will tesisposed aboveth'el upper endfthfereo'f andthe j socket 7 The spider is also"formedl withan v theI latter are radiallugs 19,V asbest'shown4 y frio wardly` other hand, and thereby Y opened or closed andmay be hung with' clothes at `a convenient height andv then raised to Lsuhjectqthem to the relativelyy hot# "ter atmosphere" founydffin proximity to the ceiling oafrooingg "l/Vhat Ielaim, is'--f` v In faelothesfdrierlftle:combination offa wall'f board" a pair'ffspaced vertically alined soeketssecured thereto adjacent the fupp'er and-lower endsfthereof, apole rec` .tangular incrosls section slidably mounted. 4in said y sockets for vertical movements and; having its inner ""face ycontacting ,the-l y wall boa-rd, said [pole providedV with a series `ci spaced openings,` a pinadapted to bese-'3J leetively inserted in one of said openings` `and yresting upon the upperedge of the; y lower soclret for holding the poleat afpre-Jl f l Copies of thisfpatentmaybe obtained for `ve cents each, fby addressing the f 'WaShinie"t aD-9 l as above e);-k

determined height with respeet to the walli'` l board, a head iXedly secured to the'upperv end -of ther-pole and provided with a plu rality of openings disposed between upper" j and lower elements of the head, the length of the upper elements being greater thans, 1`

that of the lowerv elements,` a spider having a ,rectangular sleeve slidably mounted on` connected tothelugs and extending through engage the upper socket and" thearms `will said head. l

y Signed@ Seattle', 30th-dey f Oetber, y1912.

" Witnesses: a y

PERRE BARNES', y E. Pnfrnnsolv y Vthe respective openings said head whereby j i when Vthe pole islowered the spiderwwill'g'f V40 y beeiitended andbe supportedvupon the loy'very 1 H lelement of said head while the inner ends i@ 4ofsaid-arms engage theyupper elements of@ 5" 

